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| planets            = 10<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| planets            = 10<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
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==System Description==
 
'''Slocum''' is located near the [[Azha]] and [[Bharat]] systems.
 
  
 
==Political Affiliation==
 
==Political Affiliation==
 
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* [[2350]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p23">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 23: "Friends and Other Enemies"</ref>
 
* [[2350]] - [[Tikonov Grand Union]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p23">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 23: "Friends and Other Enemies"</ref>
* [[2351]][[2352]] - Tikonov Grand Union (occupied by the [[Sarna Supremacy]])<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/>
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* [[2351]]-[[2352]] - Tikonov Grand Union (occupied by the [[Sarna Supremacy]])<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/>
 
* [[2358]] - Sarna Supremacy<ref name="HL(TCC)p24"/>
 
* [[2358]] - Sarna Supremacy<ref name="HL(TCC)p24"/>
 
* [[2366]] - Tikonov Grand Union<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2366]] - Tikonov Grand Union<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref>
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* [[2783]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
 
* [[2783]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTV2p118"/>
 
* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
* [[2797]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>
 
 
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822 Map]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822 Map]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
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==Slocum V==
 
==Slocum V==
 
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| othernames          =  
 
| othernames          =  
 
| position            = Fifth<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| position            = Fifth<ref name=DARWp117/>
| distance            = 7 days<ref name=DARWp117/>
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| distance            = Seven days<ref name=DARWp117/>
| moons              = 1 (Stanza)<ref name=DARWp117/>
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| moons              = One (Stanza)<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| gravity            = 1.0<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| gravity            = 1.0<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp117/>
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| water              = 66%<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| water              = 66%<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| life                = Mammals<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| life                = Mammals<ref name=DARWp117/>
| continents          = 4 (Theramule, Natick, Kuaka, Carnocial)<ref name=DARWp117/>
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| continents          =  
 
| colonized          =  
 
| colonized          =  
 
| demonym            =  
 
| demonym            =  
 
| language            =  
 
| language            =  
 
| religion            =  
 
| religion            =  
| population          = 1,237,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp117/><ref name=DARoSp12>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 12: "Prefecture V"</ref>
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| population          = 1,237,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp12/><ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| ruler              =  
 
| ruler              =  
| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Slocum|Planetary Governor]]
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| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Slocum|Governor]]
| commander          = Legate [[Pat Halvorson]] (3130)<ref name=DARWp117/><ref name=DARoSp12/>
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| commander          = [[Pat Halvorson]], Legate (3130)<ref name=DARoSp12>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 12: "Prefecture V"</ref><ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| capital            = Fewers<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| capital            = Fewers<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
| hpg                =  
 
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===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
 
====Early History====
 
====Early History====
Slocum has had a violent history. After it was settled, an armed force from the Tikonov Grand Union attacked the world and massacred many of the world's inhabitants. Because of its position as a border world, raids and battles between nations frequently occurred on the world.<ref name=DARWp117/>
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'''Slocum''' has had a violent history. After it was settled, an armed force from the Tikonov Grand Union attacked the world and massacred many of the world's inhabitants. Because of its position as a border world, raids and battles between nations frequently occurred on the world.<ref name=DARWp117/>
  
 
By the 2350s the Tikonov Grand Union—of which Slocum was a member—was experiencing severe turmoil due to internal economic problems and external conflicts. Having lost a war with the [[Terran Hegemony]] over the worlds of the [[Chisholm Protectorate]] in the late 2330s,<ref name="HL(TCC)p19">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 19: "Terra Resurgent"</ref> the Grand Union then found itself battling the [[Federated Suns]] in the 2340s.<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> The nearby Sarna Supremacy looked to capitalize on the Grand Union's problems by annexing various Grand Union worlds, and elements of the [[141st Sarna Shock Brigade|141st]] and [[173rd Sarna Shock Brigade]]s landed on Slocum and the nearby world of [[Algol]] in [[2351]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> In [[2358]], the new president of the [[Capellan Commonality]], [[Seluk Tucas]], declared himself the arbitrator of the dispute between the Supremacy and the Grand Union and awarded ownership of Algol, Slocum and [[Azha]] to the Supremacy;<ref name="HL(TCC)p24">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24: "Tucas Takes Over"</ref> despite this, by [[2366]] Slocum would be a member of the Tikonov Grand Union again.<ref name="HB:HLp17"/>
 
By the 2350s the Tikonov Grand Union—of which Slocum was a member—was experiencing severe turmoil due to internal economic problems and external conflicts. Having lost a war with the [[Terran Hegemony]] over the worlds of the [[Chisholm Protectorate]] in the late 2330s,<ref name="HL(TCC)p19">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 19: "Terra Resurgent"</ref> the Grand Union then found itself battling the [[Federated Suns]] in the 2340s.<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> The nearby Sarna Supremacy looked to capitalize on the Grand Union's problems by annexing various Grand Union worlds, and elements of the [[141st Sarna Shock Brigade|141st]] and [[173rd Sarna Shock Brigade]]s landed on Slocum and the nearby world of [[Algol]] in [[2351]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p23"/> In [[2358]], the new president of the [[Capellan Commonality]], [[Seluk Tucas]], declared himself the arbitrator of the dispute between the Supremacy and the Grand Union and awarded ownership of Algol, Slocum and [[Azha]] to the Supremacy;<ref name="HL(TCC)p24">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24: "Tucas Takes Over"</ref> despite this, by [[2366]] Slocum would be a member of the Tikonov Grand Union again.<ref name="HB:HLp17"/>
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* [[Slocum Militia]]<ref name="4SWMAV1p33">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 32: "Slocum"</ref>
 
* [[Slocum Militia]]<ref name="4SWMAV1p33">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 32: "Slocum"</ref>
 
* [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]] (Second [[Battalion]])<ref name=HL106>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 106: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]] (Second [[Battalion]])<ref name=HL106>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 106: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref>
 
===Geography===
 
Slocum has four continents named Carnocial, Kuaka, Theramule, and Natick.<ref name=DARWp117/>
 
  
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Fewers: planetary capital, on Kuaka<ref name=DARWp117/>
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* Rotund City: a city during the Star League era<ref name=SLnP>''Star Lord, Prologue''</ref>
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* Fewers: Planetary capital.<ref name=DARWp117/>
* Silver Plains: just west of the capital city<ref name=DARWp117/>
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* Rotund City: A city during the Star League era.<ref name=SLnP>''Star Lord, Prologue''</ref>
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==Map Gallery==
 
==Map Gallery==
 
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==Nearby Systems==
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== Nearby Systems ==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Star Lord (novel)|Star Lord]]'' (novel)
 
* ''[[Star Lord (novel)|Star Lord]]'' (novel)
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[[Category:Systems|Slocum]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Slocum]]

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